FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 31, 2012Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 100–97.

Final
BOS93
CLE90
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +3
Final
NJN99
IND106
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +7
Final
ATL100
TOR77
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +23
Final
DET86
NYK113
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +24; Q4 NYK +27
Final · OT
DEN97
MEM100
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
SAC90
GSW93
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +3
Final
CHA73
LAL106
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +24; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +33
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2010–11Jan 31, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ NJN), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ MEM

Memphis needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Memphis won the final period 9–6 for a 100–97 win. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-12-70+3MEM AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN23261824697
MEM191823319100
Who led
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 24, 23, 23, 11, 24, 18, 1, 20MEM20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 17, 20, 15, 7, 18, 18, 7, 20MEM20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 16, 12, 29, 24, 10, 9, 16, 23DEN23 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 8, 28, 0, 14, 15, 13, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Charlotte by 33, the widest margin of 7 games.

BOS over CLE3MEM over DEN3GSW over SAC3IND over NJN7ATL over TOR23NYK over DET27LAL over CHA33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg14.1Last 3

14.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 22 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 34

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 24, 14, 19, 16, 34, 27, 24, 34NJN @ IND · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 24, 8, 25, 26, 10, 30, 9, 30ATL @ TOR · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 13, 6, 19, 15, 16, 22, 14, 28NJN @ IND · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 14, 33, 12, 35, 25, 1, 15, 25NYK vs DET · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 10, 7, 13, 7, 13, 16, 6, 24IND vs NJN · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 42, 14, 24, 30, 33, 24, 27, 35, 24LAL vs CHA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · −6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.0 25.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
John WallWAS+3.6 19.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+3.2 14.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
James JohnsonTOR+3.1 10.0 last 10 · 6.9 season
Shawn MarionDAL+3.0 15.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsPOR−2.7 10.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND−2.6 6.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.6 7.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−2.4 12.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Carl LandryNOH−2.4 9.6 last 10 · 12.0 season